of the opinion that Sir Victor Horsley's presentation of the case contains demonstrable facts that will require something more than personal attacks and general statements of denial to refute.

THOSE FOR WHOM WE MOURN.

Resolutions on the death of our late brother, Edward J. Munson, holding card No. 176, for over three years in Lodge No. 124 at Rotterdam Junction, were duly drawn up by that lodge and copy filed with the Grand Lodge.

Brother Munson was one of the "faithful" in all things pertaining to Brotherhood matters, and The Clerk extends to his family and friends the sincere sympathy of this organization in this, the sad hour of their bereavement, realizing also that we have lost a faithful friend and brother and organized labor a loyal worker.

UNION MEETING, ALBANY, N. Y.,
MARCH 21, 1915.

On Sunday, March 21, 1915, in the Grand Theater, Albany, N. Y., was held a union meeting of the members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order of Railway

Conductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railroad Telegraphers and Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.

At 10 a. m. over 400 delegates convened in secret session and matters affecting the welfare of the organizations were discussed.

Inasmuch as the "full crew" bill in the state of New York is being attacked in the legislature, it came in for its share of the discussion, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

Whereas, Concerted action and extraordinary efforts are being taken by a powerful railroad combination to have the full crew law repealed or so modified as to make its enforcement discretionary on the part of the Public Service Commission; and

Whereas, It has been demonstrated by official figures taken from the records of the Public Service Commission that the full crew law has been most efficient in saving the lives and limbs of railroad passengers, employes and property, as more fully appears by the following table comparing accidents and injuries occurring during the year prior to the adoption of this beneficent law with those of the year after it went into effect, viz.:

Percent

1912-13 1913-14 Dec. Inc.

.3,546

2,993 15

...

4

3

98

Therefore, Resolved, That this joint meeting of the members of the six great organizations of railroad employes, namely, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Order of Railway Telegraphers, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, of the state of New York most earnestly protest against the repeal or modification of the full crew law, and against placing its enforcement in the power of the Public Service Commission.

Resolved, Further, That a copy of this resolution be sent to Governor Whitman, to Lieutenant Governor Schoeneck, to Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet, to Elon R. Brown, to Harold J. Hinman, to Robert F. Wagner, to A. E. Smith and a copy to the press.

G. A. JOHNSON,

Secretary.

Addresses were made by President W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Vice-President T. M. Pierson of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Vice-President P. J. McNamara of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Assistant Grand Chief L. G. Griffing of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, President John J. Carrigan and Vice-President James J. Farnan of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and General Chairman J. H. Welch of the Order of Railway Conductors.

The desire and apparent need for a closer relationship as between the railroad transportation organizations was a matter which was discussed, and all were thoroughly agreed that no effort should be spared in bringing this about.

The very excellent relations now existing between these organizations on the Delaware & Hudson was pointed to as something very much to be desired.

The co-operation between the train and engine organizations and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the Delaware & Hudson system was a matter of great interest to all the delegates present, and its workings and the reasons for its success there were carefully explained.

At 2 p. m. the meeting was thrown open to the public and Mayor Joseph W. Stevens made a welcoming address to about 1,500 people who had been invited by the railroad men to come and learn of the work and purposes of the railroad brotherhoods.

Vice-President G. H. Sines of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was then introduced and spoke on the history and growth of labor organizations.

He was followed by the Grand Lodge officers, who spoke at the morning session, each of whom gave very interesting addresses on the growth and desires of their organizations.

At 6 p. m. this, the largest union meeting ever held in this part of the country, was closed.

In the New Kenmore Hotel at 8 p. m. a banquet was given the Grand Lodge officers by the lodges and divisions located in the Capitol District of the state of New York. Covers were laid for 150. The large banquet hall was filled with delegates and their ladies. When coffee was served, President Lee, Vice-President Pierson, VicePresident McNamara, Assistant Grand Chief Griffing and President Carrigan made good their claims as exceptionally pleasing afterdinner speakers.

General Chairman John S. Tanney of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Delaware & Hudson system was chairman of the Arrangement Committee and introduced the speakers.

General Chairman Guy A. Johnson of the

Order of Railroad Telegraphers on the D. & H. was Secretary.

The committee is to be congratulated upon the outcome of their efforts, and it is hoped that this union meeting will be repeated next year and for many years to come. G. A. JOHNSON, Secretary.

8,000 CARPENTERRS IN CHICAGO WIN

DEMANDS.

Chicago, April 24.-Striking carpenters who are fighting for increased wages saw victory ahead today in the announcement of Business Agent George Orris that 1,200 carpenter contractors had signed three-year agreements at the terms the workers demanded. This agreement stipulated an eighthour day, 70 cents the first year, 72% cents the second, and 75 cents the third year.

Eight thousand carpenters are involved. These men will return to work Monday. Their return to their places will mean that 40,000 workers in allied trades also will be able to return to work.

If every railway clerk who has been benefited through the efforts of the Brotherhood possessed sufficient manhood to get into the organization and assist in the expense and effort necessary to make these results possible the Brotherhood would now have over one-fourth million members.

The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks is as firmly established as the Rock of Ages. All the knocking created by malice and ignorance cannot affect it.

With returning prosperity the Brotherhood should, and will, grow by leaps and bounds.

We should remember that we are going to the convention for business, not pleasure.

OBSERVATIONS OF OLD MAN GROUCH.

It requires some railway clerks a long time to make up their minds whether they will join the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks or become confirmed members of the Brotherhood of Cheerful Idiots.

The April Clerk shows some improvement in the number of contributors. After all, perhaps, the fact is soaking into the membership that they can have an interest

ing Journal only through letting the Editor know what is transpiring in their lodges. He is not a mind reader.

I notice Brother E. L. H. kicks on the seniority clause in our agreements. That's right. To deprive some railroad official of the privilege of putting the fourteenth cousin of his wife's half-sister's brother-inlaw into the best job, even though he is fresh from the hay fields, is an invasion of rights that should not be permitted.

So Brother Jesse Finn is still yelling about that twenty per cent constitutional provision to legalize a referendum vote. Keep it up, old boy. Make it possible for one per cent of the membership to decide policies affecting the other ninety-nine per cent. Let us destroy popular government in the organization if we can.

Brother Al. K. Hall gets real eloquent in the April issue. How the season for Bock beer does affect some people.

Why don't the "Boomer" shoot those four clerks he mentions in the April issue. Shoot 'em in the back with a baked apple; put cactus in their bunks; anything to make 'em sit up and take notice.

And they are singing "It's a long way to Tipperary," and "Wearing the Green" down in Alexandria. Sure there are brothers down there after me own heart.

Card No. 6, Witch City, sends regards to the organized universe. Your sentiment is all right, No. 6, but haven't you taken in a little too much territory?

Card No. 2, Pass City, has been "hiding his light under a bushel." Let's hear from you every month. No more reticence, please.

Golden Rule 105 has adopted Geyser City 70's slogan, "Rah for 105." Who will be next.

Brother Messenger "hits the nail on the head" when he says: "There is an element among the clerks that is no good to the order and the sooner we are rid of them the better off we will be." It's a fact that a clerk without sufficient life or am

bition to devote a few hours each month working for his own welfare will not remain long in the service of a railroad corporation, and his membership will add neither power nor influence to the Brotherhood.

So some of the old attenuated drones at Cleveland who could see no good in the Brotherhood are slated to commence life anew in the cold, unsympathetic world. Their best friend would be a membership card and they will no doubt regret their past folly in not securing one when they could have done so.

Hustling for new members and not preventing the old ones from going suspended is like trying to lift ourselves by the "boot straps." It will never get us anywhere. Keep the old members, even though it is necessary to use a base-ball bat to do it.

It's rather amusing to watch the antics of some big-headed, narrow-minded, wouldbe semi-official of a railroad trying to curry favor with the higher-ups by opposing the organization of the clerks. If this class could command salaries based upon what they don't know a majority of the railroads of the country would soon be in the hands of receivers.

To hear the way some agents or chief clerks "howl" when the clerks talk organization would lead to the belief that they individually paid THEIR clerks the meager salaries which they receive; that they own a majority of the stock in the corporation and if they did not act the “watch-dog” stunt over THEIR employes' personal affairs the corporation would go to the eternal bow WOWS. However, I have never heard of a panic caused on Wall Street through one of them leaving the service of the railroads.

It is claimed that brains cannot be organized. This claim has been refuted in many, many instances. It is the brainless fop that cannot be organized. To hear the alleged argument some non-member clerks put up against organization shows that they have not enough brains to make a humming-bird a breakfast. Those with real brains are organizing for self-protection.

Look around you at the successful railroad men. Pick out a single one, if you can,

who has risen in the railroad world who has not been a broad-minded man. Many officials today were but a short time ago vested with a little brief authority and when the higher-ups saw it did not make fools of them they were called to higher fields, Among them are found ex-agents, ex-chiefs, clerks, etc. These are the men who contribute to industrial peace, a state which all railroad corporations are striving for.

For the protection of the feminine race there should be a law against "marriage under false pretenses." That is what it amounts to when a girl marries a man whose sole recommendation is a white collar and a package of cigarettes. She should demand that he possess a union card, for the man who will not protect his own interests cannot be depended upon to protect the woman he fools into marrying him.

When you see an agent, yardmaster or chief clerk encourage organization of those under him, either openly or through assuming and maintaining a neutral attitude, it is interesting to watch their career, for they are destined to fill some higher place in the railroad world.

If the European soldier was created from the same kind of mud that some non-member railway clerks are this would be a bloodless war, for they would be too cowardly to get within a thousand miles of the danger zone.

I have met some railway clerks who are receiving for their services a blamed sight more than they are worth, and they know it. So I cannot blame them for trembling at the thought of organization.

Have you ever heard the non-member clerk say: "I'll wait and see what you fellows do before joining." That is a sample of the intelligence some of them display. Intelligence which would make a monkey blush with shame at the thought that their kind was the ancestors of the human race.

The Brotherhood weathered the financial storm in excellent shape, which shows that it is a pretty solid old craft.

Let's make the forthcoming convention a hummer.

THE SAME OLD STORY.

He was a New Yorker visiting in a South Carolina village, and sauntered up to a native sitting in front of the general store, and began a conversation.

"Have you heard about the new manner in which the planters are going to pick their cotton this season?" he inquired.

"Don't believe I have," answered the other. "Well, they have decided to import a lot of monkeys to do the picking," rejoined the New Yorker. "Monkeys learn rapidly. They are thorough workers and obviously they will save their employers a small fortune otherwise expended in wages."

"Yes," ejaculated the native, "and about the time the monkey brigade is beginning to work smoothly, a lot of you fool Northerners will come down here and set 'em free!"-Ex.

TALL TRAVEL TALK.

Three men, a Frenchman, an Englishman and an American, were once praising their respective railroads-for an Englishman will praise his railroads abroad, though at home it's usually a different story.

The Englishman said:

"Our express trains go so fast that the telegraph poles along the lines look like a high board fence."

"Our Rapides," said the Frenchman, "go so fast that the stations along the line seem continuous, like a city street."

The American puffed at his cigar thoughtfully.

"Once, on an American express," he said, "I passed a field of carrots, a field of potatoes, a field of cabbage and a cow, and the train, gents, was going so fast-so darn fast-I thought I saw an Irish stew."Ex.

WHAT IT WAS.

When Mark Twain was at New York Harbor, Me., an old fisherman named Captain Brooks became one of the humorist's best friends. One day Mark dropped in on the old tar and said: "Captain Brooks, do you

know whether there is an osteopath at the Harbor?"

"Wal," said the old captain, "thea' maybe, but I ain't never ketched one yet, and I've been fishin' onter forty year."

"Well," said Mark, "I guess I'll go and inquire at the drug store."

That evening, when Captain Brooks reached home, he told his wife about it, and she said:

"You're a bright one, Jed Brooks; that ain't no fish, it's a bird."-Ex.

HOW HE HAD BEEN PREPARED. During the revival service at a colored Baptist church, enthusiasm and spiritual fervor were at high tide.

"Everybody dat wants to go to Hebben stan' up!" shouted the exhorter.

With one accord every negro in the church except one leaped to his feet. The preacher singled out the recalcitrant for spiritual admonition.

"Looka heah," he bega, "does Ah undastan' dat yo' wants to go to Hell?"

"No, sah," explained the backslider; "but Ah done been baptized in de Mefodis' church.'

"Lan' sakes, man," corrected the minister, "yo' ain't been baptized; youse jes' be'n drycleaned."-Ex.

BEHIND THE TIMES. Wife Any fashions in that paper, Jack? Jack-Yes; but they're no use to you, dear. It's yesterday's paper!-Ex.

SOME TRADE.

Old Lady (to tramp)-What is your trade, my good man?

Thirsty Throckmorton-Well, mum, I'm a cocoanut picker in Alaska in the summer and in the winter I'm an iceberg inspector for the state of Florida.-Ohio Sun Dial.

HUSBAND IS SOLICITOUS. "Is your wife fond of dancing?"

"Not so fond as I wish she was," replied Meekton. "Henrietta ought to have more